Cape Town | Infrastructure news - Part 22

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AQUALIBRIUM 2013 winners announced

The finals of AQUALIBRIUM, the exciting SAICE-WRC Schools Water Schools Competition 2013 was held at the Sci-Bono Discovery Centre in Newtown, Johannesburg on Friday 16 August 2013. This worthwhile competition never fails to excite the teams,...
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Joining fleet for first time

Four Iveco Daily’s have joined Globeflight’s fleet for the first time as the courier company look at diversifying its current range of vehicles. Speaking to TWA at the handover, Vincent Muller national fleet manager for Globeflight said these four...
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Preservation through innovation

A sensitive wetland project necessitated a solution with a minimal site footprint and little or no excavation – the perfect opportunity to utilise trenchless alternatives. Current legislation limits the degradation of environmentally sensitive...
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Agronomy students investigate hanging gardens

The basics behind the success of the popular hanging gardens at the Moyo restaurants in Cape Town are being studied by agronomy students at Stellenbosch University (SU) who are not only learning how to grow their own vertical aquaponics systems,...
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First African Marine Debris Summit

The first African Marine Debris Summit has highlighted the urgent need for collective action to be taken against the problem of marine debris facing the continent of Africa. “The marine environment has many challenges. Global warming is visible...

Kraaifontein delivers on expectations

The Kraaifontein Integrated Waste Management Facility has not only been very well received by community members, but also continues to be praised for its design and functioning, councillor Ernest Sonnenberg, Cape Town mayoral committee member for...
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Creating efficient, liveable cities

Large mixed-use developments are gaining traction globally as the property industry realises that developing efficient, liveable cities requires the all-important integration of diverse functions such as residential accommodation with...